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Topic: Pollen-palooza! (Read 698 times)

Today we had temps in the upper 50's and the bees were flying pretty good. The only thing keeping them from flying like mad was the wind. We had a lot of wind 15-20mph. Anyway, the bees were bringing in a lot of pollen. This is relatively odd given that nothing is blooming - at least nothing I can find. I have attached a couple of pic's of the pollen-palooza that was going on!

I hope all goes well for you next weekend. One cool thing is to see all that pollen coming in. If you click on the picture you can see close up the pollen. I love when the bright yellow packets are coming in!

Same thing here in coastal Mass. - I was guessing crocus pollen, other early flowers (haven't seen any daffodils), though I've seen various shades of gold/yellow and also some grayish colored. Maples here not in bloom yet, nor the willow.

Yes the hives are polystyrene (beemax). I have had them for 3 years and really like them. They seem to be very durable. I treat them pretty well so I'm not sure how they'd hold up if I threw them etc. I am expanding the apiary and will definitely be using these when I expand.

The pollen coming in is really exciting and I hope this is a sign of things to come.